Day: June 8, 2026

Manager 1:1s Need Clear Criteria, Not Moving GoalpostsManager 1:1s Need Clear Criteria, Not Moving Goalposts

A career lesson many engineers learn too late: a 1:1 with your manager is not therapy, not a private investigation, and not a place where the criteria change every week. It should be a navigation system: what is expected, where the gap is, what the next step is, and how progress will be measured. A […] ...